Xmas time is here

Christmas music has begun, both on the local radio station and some stores and malls. So annoying that they don't even wait for Thanksgiving.

Anyway, I got my new fridge installed yesterday. It's making a lot of noise while trying to make ice. I hope it'll settle down soon. The installers gave me a packet of documents, but it had the short version of the user manual, with installation instructions that are useless to me, the owner. I had to use my Centriq app to get the full manual with instructions on priming the water line and waiting 24 hours for the icemaker. Because of this major appliance purchase I'll have to put off getting a new phone. Maybe those prices will come down after Black Friday.

Meanwhile in Barbie news, I tried to do a leg swap on my Aztec princess Atotoztli so she wouldn't have high heels anymore. I was going to give her the leftover legs from my beach feet Barbies because they're a close color match. But this swap is not as easy as the previous leg swap I did.

First, the fabric shoes aren't big enough for flat feet, so I can't reuse the shoes unless I undo the seams and resew them with extra fabric. However the gold cuffs can be removed from the shoes, so theoretically she could just wear those cuffs as anklets and go barefoot.

Second, the legs are on strange hip joints not typical of other Barbie legs. Anybody know what part # 50-9199 is? I keep searching online but not coming up with anything.

Maybe if I heat the legs up, the vinyl will stretch enough to come off, but there is no guarantee that the new legs will be able to fit over the weird joints. If I can get the legs off, I could probably use scissors to cut the weird joints to normal shape, though.